Among the refugees living in Canada at this same period was Colonel Helm, who had been Confederate agent at Havana. He made the trip from Toronto to Montreal to greet Mr. Davis and accompanied him back to the former city. So little ostentation marked the return trip that it was not known that they were on the up-bound steamer until an hour or two before her arrival. Colonel Denison** in some way learned the news and quickly passed the word around as much as possible among his acquaintances, urging them to come to the wharf to extend a welcome. As a result, when the steamer docked at about 10.30 a.m., several thousand persons filled the old Yonge Street landing-place. Col. Denison and a few intimate friends mounted a nearby pile of coal and led the cheering as Davis and Helm appeared at the rail. Quickly realizing the former's emaciation and weakness, the result of his imprisonment, the crowd's greeting grew more sympathetic and finally swelled its first spontaneous cheers into an enthusiastic welcome.

Col. Helm took his distinguished friend home for lunch; the other guests being Mr. Mason, General Early, Col. Denison and Capt. Winder, of Baltimore. The same little party, with the exception of the host, left by the 2 p.m. boat, the "Rothesay Castle," for the trip across Lake Ontario. Consequently, during the afternoon of Thursday, May 30th, 1867, Niagara received into her midst a man whose life history is made up of a strange mixture of justly-placed admiration, of ill-informed censure and of not a small proportion of romance.

As the little party was walking up from the Niagara wharf Mr. Davis noticed the large Stars and Stripes flying over Fort Niagara on the opposite side of the river and pointing to it said to Mr. Mason-"Look there, Mason, there is the gridiron we have been fried on." Jocular though the words may seem at this farremoved date they doubtless had a burning undertone when they were uttered. During his brief stay in Niagara, for he returned to Toronto on the 3rd of June and left again for Montreal on the 5th, Mr. Davis was deeply touched by the cordiality of his reception by the citizens of the little community. Serenaded by an out-pouring of the townspeople, headed by their local band, he expressed his thanks in the following words:

"Gentlemen, I thank you sincerely for the honour you have this evening shown to me; it shows that true British manhood to which misfortune is always attractive. May peace and prosperity be forever the blessing of Canada, for she has been the asylum for many of my friends, as she is now an asylum to myself. I hope that Canada may forever remain a part of the British Empire, and may God bless you all, and the British flag never cease to wave over you."

That the memory of the events which marked his short visit to Canada was treasured by Jefferson Davis is proven by a conversation which he had with General Robert E. Lee some months later. To General Lee he stated that he had been hooted at and jeered in the stations throughout the Northern States on his way up to Canada but that when he reached Toronto he was received with the greatest ** Col. Geo. T. Denison, (until recently the Senior Police Magistrate of Toronto) was always an unconcealed friend of the Confederate agents and refugees and on many occasions proved his friendship and interest in very practical ways.

enthusiasm. For the first time since his capture two years before, he averred, he drew a full breath feeling that he was breathing free air. "He said," declared General Lee, in recounting the conversation, "that he instantly felt better and told me earnestly that he believed it saved his life." There can be no doubt but that his memories of Niagara were equally pleasant.

After his final liberation at Richmond on Christmas Day, 1868,*** Davis spent but a brief time in the former Confederate capital city before returning to Canada where he remained until the summer of 1869, when he sailed for England. Once again he visited Canada in June, 1881, and returned to his Mississippi home by way of Toronto in order to spend a day with Col. Denison. To the latter-Col. Geo. T. Denison of Toronto-the writer makes grateful acknowledgments for his personal confirmation of many of the facts recorded in this paper, and also for data secured from his work "Soldiering in Canada" in which a most entertaining chapter is devoted to reminiscences of Confederate officers and agents during their visits to our Dominion.

In conclusion and not as a part of this paper the writer asks to be pardoned for introducing a personal note when he states that his interest in the subject of the present sketch was enhanced by a period of residence in Richmond, Virginia, the one-time capital of the Confederacy. There he had opportunity to become familiar with many of the places intimately connected with both the official and private life of Jefferson Davis and there also he witnessed the imposing military funeral and great gathering of ex-Confederates which marked his final interment in the Arlington of the South-Hollywood Cemetery, where thirteen thousand of the Confederacy's "soldier dead" also sleep their last sleep.

***"Lost Cause," Pollard.

V.

SHORT SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE TOWNSHIP OF AUGUSTA, COUNTY OF GRENVILLE.

BY THE LATE JOHN DUMBRILLE.

The first church in this parish was erected about the year 1809, near the centre of the front part of the township of Augusta and was called the Blue Church from the color it was painted. Services were occasionally held in this Church until the year 1813. It was afterwards burned down and the present small one built for the use of funeral services.

In 1813 the Rev. John Bethune, afterwards Dean of Montreal, was placed in charge of the mission of Augusta. He continued at his post until 1819 when he exchanged with the Rev. John Leeds, at that time rector of Montreal. Mr. Leeds continued in Augusta until 1821 when he took charge of the mission of Elizabethtown and Brockville, and was succeeded in Augusta by the Rev. Robt. Blakey (who was sent out to Canada by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel) and was afterwards appointed rector of the parish of Augusta.

In 1820, St. John's Church, Prescott, was opened for divine service, and in 1826, St. James' Church, Maitland, was erected, and opened for divine service in 1827. The first Church wardens of St. James' Church were George Longley and Dunham Jones.

Mr. Blakey was assisted in the latter part of his life, 1st, by Rev. T. Leach, 2nd, by Rev. T. A. Parnell, and 3rd, by Rev. E. W. Beaven. Mr. Blakey died in 1858 and was succeeded by the Rev. Richard Lewis, M.A., now rural dean.

In 1862 Mr. Lewis was assisted by the Rev. James Bogert, and in the same year Mr. Lewis retired from the charge of Prescott and took up his residence in Maitland, where he still lives, (1888) and is assisted by the Rev. G. S. Anderson.

In 1886 Christ's Church was erected by subscription at Lord's Mills in this parish, under the perseverance and supervision of Rev. R. Lewis, and now on the 22nd day of August, 1888, the corner stone of St. George's Church is laid by His Honor Judge James Reynolds of Brockville, P.D.D.G.M. of A.F. & A.M., Grand Lodge of Canada.

This church is to be built by subscription under the praiseworthy exertions of the curate, Rev. Geo. S. Anderson, and the land on which it stands was kindly given by Mrs. Shepherd, widow of the late Thomas Shepherd.

Previous to the erection of the church at Lord's Mills, divine service was held at the school house there, and at the Temperance Hall, near the site of this church. (Mr. J. Dumbrille, the writer of the foregoing sketch, was Church Warden of St. James' Church, Maitland.)

Maitland, Aug. 22, '88.

VI.

GLEANINGS FROM THE BLUE CHURCH BURYING GROUND,
AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP.

BY F. J. FRENCH, K.C.

This historic spot is part of Lot No. 15, in the First Concession of the Township of Augusta, County of Grenville, being now composed (as enlarged by the addition of the new Church of England portion), of all that part of the east quarter lying along the Nine Mile Road from the Grand Trunk Railway lands to the King's Highway, on which the well-known church edifice stands. Originally the site on which the Blue Church is situated was part of a village plot laid out by the Government, and called the Village of "Augusta," prior to the year 1800. And before that date many years there are evidences on the spot of burials having taken place in the old part of the burying ground. One old tombstone I unearthed was dated 1780.

In 1806 a patent of part of the above mentioned village plot, being a part of Lot No. 14, was granted to Livius P. Sherwood, a name well known locally The Rev. Robert Blakey obtained in 1832 parts of Lots 14 and 15, and also certain of the village lots in 1844.

In 1853 there was a patent granted of ten acres of Lot 15, to the Rev. Robert Blakey, Justus S. Merwin and Alpheus Jones, in trust for the Church of England. The southerly part of this ten acres was recently enclosed with, and added to, the old Blue Church Burial Ground, and the title to the whole plot has also recently been vested in the Synod of Ontario.

The present church is the third edifice on the ground; the first, having stood a little back of the present site, was larger in size and was burned many years ago. The following is a list of burials copied from the tombstones in 1899, with numerous additions since made to the list, but it is unavoidable that there may be many unintentional omissions:

Christopher plot. (Southeast corner at junction of Nine Mile Road and King's Highway.) (The head of this large family was sexton of the church and burial ground, and held the position at the time of his death.)

Capt. Oliver D. Shaver, d. March 10th, 1870, age 69.

Macneil Clarke, M.P.P., d. 29 February, 1872. (Removed to new part where a monument has since been erected by his brother, J. B. Clarke, K.C.) Rev. Andrew H. Melville, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, d. March 2nd, 1875, age 74 years.

Annabella Hutton, his wife, d. May 22, 1867, age 62 years.

John H. Melville, teacher, b. April 18, 1828, d. Apr. 19, 1888.

George Harding, b. at Bristol, Eng., Sept. 17, 1818, d. Mar. 20, 1870.

Louisa, his wife, b. at Padstow, Cornwall, Eng., Sept. 26, 1814, d. at
Prescott, June 7, 1884.

Ellen Johnston, daughter of Rev. W. J., and Eliza Sargent, d. Dec. 1865.
Freeman Daniels, d. February 13, 1889.

Margaret, his wife, d. April 26, 1869.

William Brown, d. February 18, 1882, age 49 years.
Lucy Ann, wife of Dr. Easton, age 40 years.

Frank, son of Dr. Easton and his second wife (a Miss Henderson) d. July
20, 1872.

(A monument to John Easton, M.D., has since been erected by his son, W. T. Easton.)

Arthur Edward, son of H. and E. Daniels, d. June 7, 1877.

Thomas Weir, d. Feb. 18, 1874, age 50 years.

James Weir, a native of Greenland, near Strabane, Co. Tyrone, Ireland, d. Aug. 7, 1875, age 49 years.

Gerrard Irvine, d. April 30, 1880, age 88 years.

Ann, his wife, native of Ireland, d. Sept. 21, 1897, age 91 years.

John Smades, d. Sept. 15, 1883, age 60 years.

William Ryder, April 12, 1871, age 67 years. (A veteran under Wellington). Wm. Gerald, March 5, 1886, age 63 years.

William Mitchell, d. April 5, 1864, age 49 years.

Elizabeth Smith, d. March 13, 1888, age 74 years.

James Irwin, d. Dec. 26, 1893, age 67 years.

(Mayor of Prescott at various times).

Mary Hall, wife of Nesfield Ward, d. Dec. 21, 1887, age 64 years
John Ward, d. May 22, 1850, age 53 years 10 months.

His wife, d. 1861, age 58 years.

Alfred, d. Dec. 13, 1881, age 46 years.

W. G. Brunning, d. Feb. 4, 1894. age 54 years.

Eliza Cox, wife of Wm. Brunning, d. Dec. 25, 1872, age 59 years. native of Devonshire, England.

Isaac Stone, d. April 28, 1876, age 38 years.

And three children.

Amos Heath, d. Sept. 17, 1859, age 48 years.

True Love Butler, Esq., d. Aug. 9, 1834, aged 51 years.

(Prominent in public affairs in his day).

William Twomley, d. Sept. 4, 1867, age 25 years.

George Walsh, d. March 17, 1861, age 61 years.

John Millar, Esq., Agent Com. Bank, Native of Forfarshire, d. at Prescott, May

16, 1860, age 60 years.

Alfred Hooker, d. Aug. 30, 1880, age 81 years.

Elvira Warner, his wife, d. Aug. 27, 1882, age 78 years.

John Francis, d. Dec. 5, 1895, age 66 years.

Elizabeth Prosser, his wife, d. Aug. 18, 1895, age 69 years.